Dhoni ducks in IPL: How many times Dhoni duck out in IPL history?

MS Dhoni ducks in IPL: The legendary captain of Chennai Super Kings doesn’t have many ducks in front of his name in the Indian Premier League.

Legendary Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be in action in less than 30 minutes from now as his team will take on Delhi Capitals at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League.

Defending champions CSK, who are at the penultimate position on the points table on the back of winning three and losing seven out of their 10 matches this season, would want to not lose even an iota of hope with respect to their qualification for the playoffs despite minimal chances of the same.

Dhoni, who had kick-started IPL 2022 with a fighting half-century against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium, has shown glimpses of his big-hitting skills against Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians this season.

Having said that, him continuing to bat at his preferred position of No. 7 hasn’t provided him with a lot of batting opportunities. As a result, all Dhoni had scored in IPL 2022 are 142 runs at an average and strike rate of 28.40 and 130.27 respectively.

MS Dhoni ducks in IPL full list (Updated on May 30, 2023)

It was almost four weeks ago that Dhoni had returned to the pavilion without scoring a run against Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, it wasn’t counted as a quintessential duck as the 40-year old player wasn’t dismissed.

Dhoni has registered a similar instance of scoring 0* during an IPL 2020 match against Mumbai at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium. Apart from these two innings, Dhoni has been dismissed for a duck on only five occasions in the IPL.

The aforementioned number is quite low as compared to other IPL greats namely Rohit Sharma (16) and Virat Kohli (10).

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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